In 1972, George Washington spearheaded a contest for those interested in designing the home for the president. Irish-born James Hoban ended up the lucky winner after his neoclassical mansion ...

James Hoban: Designer and Builder of the White House ($49.95), published by the nonprofit White House Historical Association, studies the man and his craft by spotlighting his largest feat, ...

Today, the White House Historical Association will host a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of James Hoban, designer and builder of the White House. The ceremony will be held at Mount Olivet ...

But such is the situation with James Hoban, the architect who designed and oversaw the construction of the White House. Only a silhouette exists of his likeness and his papers burned after he died.

James Hoban won a national US competition to be the architect who would design the president's mansion, the White House, in Washington DC. The Co Kilkenny native died on this day, December 8, 1831.

White House Historical Association President Stewart McLaurin Travels to James Hoban's Birthplace to Retrace the Irishman's JourneyWASHINGTON, Oct ...

The exhibit was unveiled Monday, after a day-long symposium on Hoban's life and times. Local historian and author Nic Butler said Hoban was born in 1758, arrived in Charleston by 1787 and built a ...